Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-10

of men and women have been sent up for
twenty -four hours" by the Police Courts
of San Francisco every Court day for
twenty-five years for that offense So the
Mayor of Lebanon is not amenable to the
criticism of the people who pre-
tend to be so fearful that somebody will
attempt to cram religious dogma down
the public throat. The truth is, that who
ever has ears and hears, and walks the
business streets at evening with wife,
daughter or sister, is mortified and shamed
beyond expression by the resonance OF the
air with filthy words and profanity. 1t is
an even chance that no citizen can get by
an ordinary evening street group of "cor-
ner statues" with lady upon his arm,
without hearing loudly-uttered vulgarity
that makes him blush for his sex and regret
that the lady ispresent. The Mayor of Leba-
non isrightly proceeding would that other
executive officers in all our municipalities
of society is to have decent language used
upon the street. 1t is not an inviolable
attribute of personal liberty to enjoy a
right to spew filth upon the public atmos-
phere. We know of an instance of recent
occurrence that illustrates the subject. A
brother passing upon a public street in
this city with his sister upon his arm, met
a group of modern night-howlers, who,
though they saw the lady approaching,
did not pause in their labor of painting the
air blue with profane vulgarity and reek-
ing word-filth. Shortly after, the young
man returned, sought out the leader of the
group, and proceeded to give him drub-
bling that he will never forget. 1t was a
manly and timely protest against brutal
street vulgarity. If the people who do not
choose to have their hearing assailed and
their lady friends insulted by such forms
of speech, would emulate the example
cited, it is probable there would be less of
filthy language used upon the highways.
THE National Republican Convention
is to be held in Chicago on the 10Th of
June, 1888. The selection of the place is
wise, for one, if for no other reason f;
Chicago has been the field for the first
active campaign by anarchism against the
law, order in society and against the Re
public itself 1t was there that the first
Russian bomb fell in America, and there
that the majesty of the law asserted itself,
and meted out to the advocates of disorder
their just dues. 1t is therefore especially
fitting that the party which stands pre-
eminent for its adhesion to the laws and
its defense of property ownership and the
maintenance of social conditions that con-
serve the inalienable rights of men, should
go to that city to hold its National Con-
yention. 1t testifes thereby to its approval
of the course Of the people of Chicago, and
to its undying enmity to anarchism and
radical socialism. Senator Cullom had
such thoughts in mind when he addressed
the committee upon the question
of location and urged the COM
mittee to select Chicago. He
made brief resume of the hotel, railroad
and Geographic facilities of the city.
"Chicago to-day was in favor of protection
and had been improved in other ways
since 1884. 1t had had much to do in
graphing with the element of commun-
ism and socialism that had been spreading
over the country. 1t had been settled that
the man disregarding the rights of the law
could not live in Chicago or in the COM
monwealth. He hoped Chicago would be
selected, but whether it was or not, Illinois
and Minnesota and Kansas and Iowa
would vote the Republican ticket"
Minnesota, by the way, is one of
the States in the West President Cleve-
land has believed he could carry with his
free trade doctrine. But he is certainly
mistaken. Minnesota is becoming man.
ufacturing community, and its producers
besides have found out, as Mr.. Kasson has
so well put it, that to conserve a home
market where there is excess of food pro-
duction, it is essential to foster manufact-
uring interests, that there may be more
mouths to feed.